“From midnight on Saturday 22 August 2020 residents of Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn should not socialise with anyone from outside their household” says UK Government as local coronavirus cases rise and Northampton faces lockdown

Nathalie Hollingworth/22 August 2020 To minimise loss of lives, our Government is intervening tonight in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn to increase restrictions on human interaction according to its managing local coronavirus outbreaks strategy as coronavirus cases rise. Together with Northampton – in the East Midlands – which has the largest number of cases, and Leicester,